Nouman Raja, arrested last month on manslaughter by culpable negligence and attempted murder charges in the 31-year-old drummer’s October shooting death, did not attend Thursday’s hearing. Though he remains free on a $250,000 bond that includes house arrest, court records show his attorneys on Tuesday waived his appearance at the hearing.

Corey Jones’ father and stepmother, Clinton Jones, Sr. and Kattie Jones, enter court for a hearing for Nouman Raja Thursday July 14, 2016. Raja, a former police officer, was arrested on manslaughter by culpable negligence and attempted murder charges in the shooting death of Corey Jones last October. (Lannis Waters / The Palm Beach Post)

Defense attorney Richard Lubin had also filed a request for Circuit Judge Samantha Schosberg Feuer to relax the conditions of his house arrest to allow him to attend some of his children’s social functions.

But Chief Assistant State Attorney Brian Fernandes before Thursday’s hearing filed an opposition to the request and asked for a full hearing on the matter.

“Corey Jones never gets to participate in family functions again,” Fernandes wrote. Corey Jones never gets to attend school or camp performances for his potential future children, because he cannot have children.”

“Such a request by the defense denigrates the true purpose of this prosecution – to achieve justice for the victim; to achieve justice for Corey Jones,” Fernandes added.

Feuer asked Lubin about the request at Thursday’s brief hearing. Lubin said he wanted to table the discussion for now, and on his way out of court declined to say whether he will pursue it later.

In the meantime, Lubin told Feuer that he’s just begun poring over the list of dozens of witnesses and other early information he’s received in the case. He doesn’t anticipate he’ll be ready to conduct witness interviews on Raja’s behalf until months from now, he told Feuer, adding that he expects he’ll need to find expert witnesses for Raja’s defense.

Feuer set the next hearing date in the case for Oct. 6.

Late last month, Feuer signed off on changes to Nouman Raja’s house arrest, allowing the 38-year-old to take his two children to predetermined locations and stop to get gas in Boynton Beach on his way to and from work. Feuer also allowed Raja a monthly visit to the barber, although he will have to coordinate the time and location with house arrest officials.

According to his arrest report, Raja, who was in plainclothes working a burglary detail, approached Jones in an unmarked police van while the drummer was on the line with roadside assistance trying to get his broken-down SUV towed from the exit ramp of Interstate 95 at PGA Blvd.